How People Change, Chapter 3

Chapter 3 – Here’s Where God is Taking You

1. Page 33 has a list of “if only”. What might yours be?
2. What is the problem with most of our dreams and desires? (p. 33-34).
3. Read II Corinthians 5:15 and II Peter 1:4. How is God working to change you? (p. 34).
4. What is the dilemma of the Christian life and what is the solution? (p. 34).
5. What do your prayers reveal about you?
6. Read Philippians 1:3-11. What are the main elements? How does this encourage you? (p. 35-36).
7. Convicting question from the author on page 36 – “Do you want what God wants for you, or do you hold tightly onto your own agenda?”
8. Check your perception: do you see your life as a hopeless dump or a quaint fixer upper? (36-37). What does God want you to see? Look at series of questions at the top of page 37.
9. How does knowing where we are going affect our life now? (p. 37 – end of chapter).
10. Read Revelation 7. Comments? What is the celebration about?
11. What does this eternal perspective mean for Joan, Frank, Nikki, and Bo who introduced this chapter? (p. 40-42).
12. What does the eternal perspective mean for you?
13. Page 43 has another series of convicting questions. How does focusing on Christ and our final destination affect you here?
14. What other points in this chapter did you underline?
15. What was most significant for you from this chapter?
16. Action point: (What are you specifically going to do?)